EXPERIENCE PROTOTYPING Point of Views | How Might We’s | Experience Prototypes

TEAM MEMBERS Po Tsui Bonnie Nortz Jenny Kim Grace Hong

EDUCATING EMPATHY

INITIAL POV We met … Sandy, mother, soccer coach, and Intuit employee We were amazed to realize … her love for her daughter inspired her to become a soccer coach, despite never having played soccer before. It would be game changing to … leverage the emotional and interpersonal connections we have with others to inspire us to venture outside our comfort zone and learn new things.

Additional Needfinding CHRISTIAN HAN KATIE

WE MET | CHRISTIAN Junior at LACES, a high school in inner-city LA We were amazed to find he used to use the N word in middle school but was eventually corrected by an African American friend, and now he still feels regret for being culturally insensitive. It would be game-changing to have a safe space for teens to ask questions and be educated about taboo topics that may otherwise not be addressed on a day-to-day basis.

WE MET | HAN International freshman studying at Stony Brook University We were amazed to learn he smokes to hang out with his international friends as part of mainland Chinese culture, but is negatively judged for this by some of his American counterparts. It would be game-changing to communicate the cultural differences that explain his behavior to people who don’t understand.

WE MET | KATIE A Catholic Freshman from SoCal on the Stanford Swimming Team We were amazed to learn that she didn’t have a clear idea of what her friends believed or their worldviews despite feeling very close to them. It would be game-changing to make this a natural thing to know about your friends.

HOW MIGHT WE . . . Create spaces for open conversations where people can ask questions without worrying about offending others, and without actually offending them?

HOW MIGHT WE . . . Encourage the formation of friendships across different identities in a school setting?

HOW MIGHT WE . . . Allow friends who merely hang out together to enter more substantial and meaningful conversation topics?

PROTOTYPE | HIDDEN QUESTIONS Would recognizing that other people have the same questions and desire to talk about these topics encourage deeper discussion on serious issues? The game generated a lot of interest, from players and from passerbys Questions of varying seriousness piqued the participants’ interest Participants already felt like they knew each other, game felt superfluous Group was not interested in asking the deeper questions How might we Allow friends who merely hang out together to enter more substantial and meaningful conversation topics?

PROTOTYPE | MEAL BUDDY Would you sit with a stranger different from you over a meal, if you knew they were open to sitting with you? The sign/invitation attracted a participant within five minutes of it being posted Bonnie met someone she never would have otherwise gotten to know Though curiosity was piqued, other people seemed to consider the sign eccentric Experience of sitting with sign was a bit embarrassing Encourage the formation of friendships across different identities in a school setting?

PROTOTYPE | FACEBOOK AMA Do anonymity and openness foster deeper conversations between friends? Gained deeper understanding of self and friendships Were asked very deep questions Questions were not consistently about taboo topics or identity Uncomfortable power dynamics around anonymity Addresses: How might we create spaces for open conversations where people can ask questions without worrying about offending others, and without actually offending them? Core areas of our problem space: connecting people with different beliefs and perspectives, creating lines of honest and open communication between communities, generating empathy between individuals from different walks of life Really amazing and deep questions from Bonnie’s side: “What was it like to tell your parents?”, “What made you change your mind about god?” “Are you Anti-catholic now? Do you believe in a higher power?”

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